cardamom

cardamom

English

Cardamom seeds.

Alternative forms

• cardamon

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Old French cardamome or Latin cardamōmum, from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.də.məm/, /ˈkɑː.də.mən/

• Audio (RP)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹ.də.məm/, /ˈkɑɹ.dəˌmɑm/

Noun

cardamom (countable and uncountable, plural cardamoms)

1. The Elettaria cardamomum, an Indian herb.
2. The seed of E. cardamomum, used as a medicine and spice, especially in curry powder.
3. (uncommon, inexact) Synonym of grains of paradise, the seeds or seed capsules of Aframomum melegueta, of East Africa.

Synonyms

• (spice): elaichi, queen of spices

Derived terms

• black cardamom
• Cardamom Mountains

Translations

E. cardamomum

Arabic: هَال‎ m (hāl), هَيْل‎ m pl (hayl) Hijazi Arabic: هيل‎ m pl (hēl) Armenian: հիլ (hy) (hil), անդրիտակ (andritak), մալախ (hy) (malax), շուշմիր (hy) (šušmir), կարդամոն (hy) (kardamon) Assamese: ইলাচি (ilasi) Bengali: এলাচি (elaci) Bulgarian: кардамо́н m (kardamón) Burmese: ဖာလာ (my) (hpala) Catalan: cardamom m Chinese: Mandarin: 小豆蔻 (zh) (xiǎodòukòu), 豆蔻 (zh) (dòukòu) Danish: kardemomme c Dzongkha: ཨ་ལཱན་ཅི (a lān ci) Faroese: kardamummuplanta f Finnish: kardemummapensas, kardemumma (fi) French: cardamome (fr) f or m Galician: cardamomo (gl) m German: Kardamom (de) m Greek: κάρδαμο (el) n (kárdamo) Ancient: καρδάμωμον n (kardámōmon) Hebrew: קרדמון‎ m (kardamon) Hindi: इलायची (hi) f (ilāycī) Indonesian: kapulaga (id) Irish: cardamam m Italian: cardamomo (it) m Japanese: カルダモン (karudamon) Khmer: ដើមក្រវាញ (daəmkrɑɑviəñ) Korean: 카다몸 (kadamom) Lao: please add this translation if you can Latvian: kardamons m Malayalam: ഏലം (ml) (ēlaṃ), ഏലക്ക (ēlakka), ഏലക്കായ (ēlakkāya) Norwegian: Bokmål: kardemommeplante m or f Nynorsk: kardemommeplante m or f Oromo: hoogihoo Persian: هل‎ (fa) (hel) Polish: kardamon (pl) m Portuguese: cardamomo (pt) m Romanian: cardamom (ro) m Russian: кардамо́н (ru) m (kardamón) Slovak: kardamóm m Slovene: kardamom m Spanish: cardamomo m Swedish: kardemumma (sv) c Tagalog: kardamono Telugu: ఏలకుల మొక్క (ēlakula mokka) Thai: กระวานเทศ (th) (grà-waan-têet) Turkish: kakule (tr) Ukrainian: кардамо́н m (kardamón) Vietnamese: thảo quả, cây bạch đậu khấu Volapük: kardum Welsh: cardamom m

its seed or seed capsule

Arabic: حَبْهَان‎ m pl (ḥabhān), هَال‎ m (hāl), هَيْل‎ m pl (hayl) Egyptian Arabic: حبهان‎ m (ḥabhān) Hijazi Arabic: هيل‎ m pl (hēl) Armenian: հիլ (hy) (hil) Assamese: ইলাচি (ilasi) Azerbaijani: hil (az) Bengali: এলাচ (elac), এলাচি (elaci) Bulgarian: кардамон m (kardamon) Burmese: ဖာလာစေ့ (hpalace.) Catalan: cardamom m Danish: kardemomme c Dhivehi: ކާފޫރު ތޮޅި‎ (kāfūru toḷi) Dutch: kardemom (nl) Faroese: kardamumma f Finnish: kardemumma (fi) French: cardamome (fr) f or m Galician: cardamomo (gl) m Georgian: ილი (ili) German: Kardamom (de) m Greek: κάρδαμο (el) n (kárdamo) Ancient: καρδάμωμον n (kardámōmon) Gujarati: એલચી (gu) (elacī), ઇલાયચી (gu) (ilāyacī) Hebrew: הל‎ (he) m (hel) Hindi: इलायची (hi) (ilāycī) Indonesian: kepulaga (id) Irish: cardamam m Italian: cardamomo (it) m Javanese: ꦏꦥꦸꦭꦒ (kapulaga) Kannada: ಏಲಕ್ಕಿ (kn) (ēlakki) Khmer: ក្រវាញ (km) (krɑviəñ) Konkani: वेलची (velcī) Kuvi: କେଟ (keṭa) Lao: please add this translation if you can Mon: မအဳ (mnw) Malay: buah pelaga Malayalam: ഏലക്കായ് (ēlakkāyŭ), ഏലം (ml) (ēlaṃ) Marathi: वेलची (velcī), वेलदोडा (veldoḍā) Newar: एला (elā) Norwegian: Bokmål: kardemomme m Nynorsk: kardemomme m Oriya: ଅଳେଇଚ (ôḷeicô) Pali: elā f Persian: هل‎ (fa) (hel), هیل‎ (hil) Picard: agamémon Polish: kardamon (pl) m Portuguese: cardamomo (pt) m Punjabi: ਇਲਾਚੀ (pa) (ilācī) Romanian: cardamom (ro) m Russian: кардамо́н (ru) m (kardamón) Sanskrit: एला (sa) (elā) Slovene: kardamom m Spanish: cardamomo m Sundanese: ᮊᮕᮥᮜᮌ (kapulaga), ᮊᮕᮧᮜ᮪ (kapol) Swahili: iliki Swedish: kardemumma (sv) c Sylheti: ꠄꠟꠣꠁꠌ (ꠄꠟꠣꠁꠌ) Tagalog: kardamono Tamil: ஏலக்காய் (ta) (ēlakkāy) Telugu: యెలకులు (yelakulu), ఎలకులు (elakulu), యేలక్కాయలు (yēlakkāyalu) Thai: ผลกระวานเทศ (phon krawan thet), ลูกกระวานเทศ (luk krawan thet), ลูกเอ็น (th) (luk en), ลูกเอ็ล (th) (luk en), เอลา (th) (ela) Tibetan: སུག་སྨེལ། (sug smel) Turkish: kakule (tr) Ukrainian: кардамо́н m (kardamón) Vietnamese: bạch đậu khấu Volapük: kardumafluk Welsh: cardamom m, grawn Paradwys m pl (archaic)

grains of paradise — see grains of paradise

References

• “cardamom, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1888.
• Weeks, Hittite Vocabulary: An Anatolian Appendix to Buck‘sDictionary of SelectedSynonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cardamōmum, from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon).

Noun

cardamom m (plural cardamoms)

1. cardamom

Further reading

• “cardamom” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French cardamome.

Noun

cardamom n (uncountable)

1. cardamom

Declension

declension of cardamom (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cardamom	cardamomul
genitive/dative	(unui) cardamom	cardamomului
vocative	cardamomule